• After beating Brown 77-74 yesterday, Dartmouth is now projected to finish the regular season 7-20 (4-10 Ivy).
• We currently rank Dartmouth as the #282 team in the country, and the #8 team in the Ivy.
• Next game: Fri, Feb 17 vs. #251 Cornell. Our power ratings give the Big Green a 58% chance to win.

"...no excuses - only results!”

Edited by GoBigGreenBasketball on 02-12-17 09:48 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

I don't think we'll end up last in the Ivy. Whatever McLaughlin said during the half at Brown, he needs to say it before every game here on out! The team is what the team is going to be at this point skill wise. The only thing that can really change is the competitive mindset and the team's will to win games.

As unfortunate as this year has been, the team rallied to beat Penn and Brown, two must wins to stay alive. To remain alive they need both wins this weekend. They are playing better and seem more on the upswing than downswing like Penn and Brown. They can, will, and should come through.

Edited by hoopla on 02-14-17 12:32 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

Yuck! Fleming returns to earth and our forwards not named Boudreaux only tally 2 more points and no more rebounds in a combined 32 mins as Careter who played 5 mins???? Even Johnson in 5 mins matched Wright who played 25 minutes. We went scoreless for too long.

We should have thrown Cameron in, heck even the two kids who never play, they are always good for a bucket! Let's see if the coach continues with the existing rotation or starts to mix it up and see what next year might look like. Even the commentators were wondering why it took so long to get Barry back in the game early on. Got to get a guy who shoots it at 45% more attempts on kick outs from Boudreaux.

"...no excuses - only results!”

Edited by GoBigGreenBasketball on 02-17-17 09:22 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

Cornell guards were absolutely blowing by Dartmouth defenders for layups. That had something to do with the guard rotation. The Big Red went to a four corners scenario too early and almost paid the price for it. Between the guards being overmatched the and front court apart from Evan not showing up, it was a disheartening loss.

Edited by Cooper on 02-17-17 10:17 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

The big green guards have been poor defenders all year, yet the rotation and their minutes played have not changed one bit. That falls squarely on the coaches! You cannot win games if your players don't take pride in defense. Cornell ran the same elementary back door cut all game and we made no adjustments. If you play favorites with players who don't produce, you will lose. Plain and simple. The most shameful part is you have guys on the bench who are unselfish team players and will play their hearts out to win!

SO Mike Fleming, our starting point guard, plays 34 minutes and gets 3 points???? WHere was the 17 Mikey? Or 15. Hell, even 7 helps. 3? You can start a forward at point guard and he'll get three points.But wait, he had 5 fouls too, 5 assists (at least he did one thing on the positive side of the ledger.) But as someone else noted, he is an absolutely AWFUL defender. Mclaughlin should bench him for the number of times his man ran by him (at least 10 times (but I cant bring myself to watch it again) and Fleming grabbed him (cause he can't guard them) and fouled out of the game. So tired of this terrible guard leading our team. Our team defense and inability to put points on the board gets us another loss. And after each f*&k up Fleming is walking around "my bad, my bad". Dude, you're all bad. Don't know why the coach starts you, but you'd be sitting on my bench. If we didn't have Evan, I'm pretty sure we'd be winless......Miles- No show almost every game.Guilien, 50% of games no show. Wes, light contribution. No rebounds, a few points here and there. Look at the box score from toinght. Typical of our season.

The Cornell guards are incredibly athletic. That was a game for Cam to play in! I know that not everyone is a fan of the old codger, but boy did we miss him last night. He didn't let these mismatches happen. His system was complicated but allowed for different players to contribute based on matchups! I'm a believer in Coach Mac but he needs an experienced coach to come in as a consultant. I like "space and pace" too but not when we are the less athletic team. I agree this was an elimination game. They will fight hard tonight, and if they don't that's a really bad sign. Someone other than Boudreaux needs to step up tonight because Jean Bain (former Associate Head Coach at Dartmouth) who was fired with the last administration knows us inside and out. Time for the young kids to play IMO.

Give 'em a break. It's entirely fair to comment on coaching and the play of the team as a whole. It's unfair to be mean-spirited in critiques of individual players who want to win as much or more than you do.

Give 'em a break. It's entirely fair to comment on coaching and the play of the team as a whole. It's unfair to be mean-spirited in critiques of individual players who want to win as much or more than you do.

I take it that you haven't spent much time on the Penn board the past few years.

Or if you have, can you tell me the reason why Dartmouth players are too fragile to read critiques of their games?

I agree with hoops123 in that Coach McLaughlin gives an incredible amount of latitude to certain players. IMO Boudreaux is about the only player that minutes should be untouchable. He's the only one who's earned superstar treatment.

We have guy's who are streaky shooters, take and miss tons of 3s, guys who's footwork is terrible and travel, guys who routinely turn over the ball, guys who play "olé defense" and the list goes on. These guy's leashes are to long. Conversely we have Guy's who make one mistake and their yanked tour the bench and guys who never get in to make a mistake.

Look Barry should be starting the numbers say it, his play on the court says it. That's senior bias, not meritocracy. We've played enough games that Cameron should have seen more PT in. Carter and Emory should have seen more developmental PT. Ngwudo who has started info the past only produces a fraction more points than either of the freshman, but his PT is 2 and 3X as much. And it's not the defense provided because a deep dive into the analytics reveals that the freshman forwards, when on the floor give up fewer points per possession. Same views for when Barry is on the floor.

I don't think McLaughlin is a bad guy or terrible coach, but there's a lot of moves we make that a rationale analysis can't answer. This would be alright IMO if it produced wins. We've only had one dominant win vs LIU. I agree that it appears we pull kids who get it going. I don't know why we ice our own guys. Why help spent so much time trying to make Johnson a PG is insane, when Cameron sits the bench all year, while we're good for a charge a game from either our both Smith and Sistare guaranteed.

Hey maybe those were the best moves we could have made given our roster. I personally don't think so, but then again I'm not a coach I'm just a tortured fan. We are what our record says we are, and it says we are one of the worst teams in college basketball.

I have indeed spent time on the Penn board and yes, it can be ugly. That doesn't mean it's right there OR here. Be constructive without being destructive. How do you think particular kids or their parents and families feel reading some of these comments if they come by here? Now on to Columbia.

Edited by Cooper on 02-18-17 12:53 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

I have indeed spent time on the Penn board and yes, it can be ugly. That doesn't mean it's right there OR here. Be constructive without being destructive. How do you think particular kids or their parents and families feel reading some of these comments if they come by here? Now on to Columbia.

I understand where you're coming from, and I respect your opinion.

But these guys can drive, vote, serve in the military, shave every day, and most of them can buy alcohol. Many of them are going to become leaders in business, law, medicine, etc. in the foreseeable future.

This is just my opinion, but I'd suggest that calling them "kids" and treating them as such does them more of a disservice than criticizing their games. Division 1 hoops isn't the YMCA.